*winn*

n. (Far.) See Sweeny. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to a law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Crystallog.) The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this reversal is brought about. [ 1913 Webster ]

Polysynthetic twinning, repeated twinning of crystal lamellae, as that of the triclinic feldspars. --
Repeated twinning, twinning of more than two crystals, or parts of crystals. --
Twinning axis,
Twinning plane. See the Note under Twin, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The redwing. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; sing. Winnebago /sing>. (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians who originally occupied the region about Green Bay, Lake Michigan, but were driven back from the lake and nearly exterminated in 1640 by the IIlinnois. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning address. “Each mild and winning note.” Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye seek land and sea for your winnings. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mining) (a) A new opening. (b) The portion of a coal field out for working. [ 1913 Webster ]

Winning headway (Mining), an excavation for exploration, in post-and-stall working. --
Winning post, the post, or goal, at the end of a race. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a winning manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being winning. “Winningness in style.” J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The land-locked variety of the common salmon. [ Canada ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Winnowed p. pr. & vb. n. Winnowing. ] [ OE. windewen, winewen, AS. windwian; akin to Goth. winpjan (in comp.), winpi-skauro a fan, L. ventilare to fan, to winnow; cf. L. wannus a fan for winnowing, G. wanne, OHG. wanna. √131. See Wind moving air, and cf. Fan., n., Ventilate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ho winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing floor. Ruth. iii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as bad from good. [ 1913 Webster ]

Winnow well this thought, and you shall find
This light as chaff that flies before the wind. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To beat with wings, or as with wings.[ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Now on the polar winds; then with quick fan
Winnows the buxom air. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To separate chaff from grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Winnow not with every wind. Ecclus. v. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, winnows; specifically, a winnowing machine. [ 1913 Webster ]